by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 22,254 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,963 and had an average of $23,098 in loans still to pay off.
Across Missouri, there were 176 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,264 and $33,543 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources conservation. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural resources conservation program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree conservation students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s conservation students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 12 masters’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of Missouri - Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 7 masters’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, and it awarded 1 masters’s conservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lincoln University Natural Resources Conservation Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Conservation Major in Missouri for a Master’s. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s conservation degrees to qualified students.
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